Austin Tice, an American freelance journalist who vanished in Syria in 2012, was imprisoned by the regime of since-ousted dictator Bashar Assad, the BBC reported Monday, citing intelligence reports.
The intelligence files are the first evidence of the regime’s detention of Tice since efforts to find him began after Assad’s ouster in December. The files labeled “Austin Tice” include communications from different branches of Syrian intelligence, and their authenticity was verified by the BBC and law enforcement.
Tice disappeared near Damascus in August 2012, just days after his 31st birthday. According to the BBC, seven weeks after his disappearance, a video was posted online showing Tice blindfolded with his hands bound, being forced to recite an Islamic declaration of faith by a group of armed men.
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